I'm pretty sure I've asked this before many years ago, but my memory is not getting better.
Is it "legal" to let the polygons in a pattern overlap? Of course you can't allow this with different colors, that would look terrible. If I can use primitives in a pattern instead of handmade polygons, the result will look smoother. But if I can't do it without overlapping, is there any reason to disallow this method? I can't see that it would affect the quality in any way, but that hasn't stopped the leaders of the LDraw community from issuing standards rules before.

I believe lightblue has become a lot brighter after LDConfig.ldr was introduced. To the better, I think. Much more like the IRL color. The problem is, the bold "lightblue" patterns on the serires 3005pv*.dat are now much darker IRL than the LDrawn versions.

Also, the"blue" print on the older series are darker IRL and have a slight touch of purple (I think).

A third issue is that many of these files were made as a compromise between portraital accuracy and readability in smaller scales in original LDraw.

A forth issue is that these letters and digits have been made with several different fonts. I have no idea how many...

About the color issue, I'm about to complete the 3005pv*.dat series now. Should I continue coding it lightblue or should I pick a better color? If sp, which one?

I've been experimenting with options for converting native POV-Ray CSG objects to OBJ format, and now have a potential workflow to achieve this as detailed below:

Convert CSG to an Isosurface using William Pokorny's ObjectAsIso macro
Convert Isosurface to mesh using Jaap Franks macro
Convert mesh file to mesh2 format using meshcomp v3.0 (WinMeshcomp30_beta3.zip)
Convert mesh2 to OBJ using mesh22obj.py (a Python script written by ingo)

For more details on this approach see this post:
http://news.povray.org/povray.general/th...ay.org%3E/

I'm wondering if this approach would be useful for converting LGEO based parts to other 3D formats (or even reverse engineer parts that don't exist in LDraw). Are there any parts that only exist in LGEO?

Hi,

For some time i've tried to work out why in LPub, I cannot use the option under: Configuration - Page Setup - Background - Picture. I select an image from my pictures folder but it either hangs the system or greys out the page entirely. Is there a format / size that the picture needs to comply with? I am using Windows 7 Home. Everything else works well, I can add borders etc, I am using LPub 4.0.0.11.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kindest regards
Steve

Hi,

I'm a newbie so go gentle..!



6010-1 - Supply Wagon
Download MPD (OMR Compliant)

Done with MLCad 3.5
Known Errors: None

Hi all,

I am looking for this part called "Six Shooter Trigger"

http://brickset.com/parts/design-18587

And the Minifig, Weapon Rapid Shooter Six Barrel too


http://brickset.com/parts/design-18588

Anyone has those?

Is there a tool I can use to mirror a model across an axis? I couldn't find such a command in MLCad.

Thanks.

Is there a tool available that can draw a curve or circle with a given radius, and then approximate that curve with bricks? Thanks.

[edit]

I recalled that MLCad has a mosaic generator that can take a bitmap image as input. But I haven't found a good tool to draw the circles.

1. Paint.NET output isn't symmetrical in my tests.
2. GIMP draws the circles too thick. I want them only 1px thick.
3. This tool is pretty good, but I don't know how to get rid of the gray lines. https://donatstudios.com/PixelCircleGenerator
4. Ditto. http://www.mineconics.net/

I have a copy of Paint Shop Pro somewhere. I will need to dig it out of storage.

Hi all,

I am looking for some specific minifig torso's and heads.
I was wondering if someone knows if these are made?
Else, I need something closest to them.


http://brickset.com/parts/6022401


http://brickset.com/parts/6155227


http://brickset.com/parts/6021844

Thanks.

I am having problems where the colors of underlying objects are bleeding through the overlying objects, even though the objects are not coincident. See attachment.

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